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Lemarchand's Box
Lemarchand's boxes are fictional lock puzzles referenced in horror stories by Clive Barker, or in works based on his original stories. The best known of these boxes is the Lament Configuration, from The Hellbound Heart, a horror story which became the movie Hellraiser.
According to the story, the box was commissioned by Duc de l'Isle in 1784 and constructed by toymaker Philip Lemarchand. A "short rondo of sublime banality" is played after each piece is removed. When the box is solved, it opens a "schism" (pathway) to Hell, through which Cenobites (demons) travel.
Apart from the Lament Configuration, other boxes that appear in Clive Barker's work include the Elegy Configuration , the Ornate Box , Orno's Puzzle Box and the Dreamweave Cube .
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